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LSTA Grant Recipients for Fiscal Year 2001

Special Project Grants

McKinney Memorial Public Library$35,779
Expand an early intervention literacy program, adding on-site storytimes for families who visit the Health Department and the WIC Office, and adding Family Reading Nights at an elementary school.

Azle Public Library$24,580
Expand delivery of library service to the homebound elderly.

Harris Co. Public Library, Parker Williams$30,390
Expand library services to the Vietnamese community through story hours, citizenship classes, and other programs and an expanded Vietnamese-language collection.

Denton Public Library$42,394
Provide services to preschool children in child care centers, including storytime programs, storytime kits, training for child care teachers, and a family literacy program.

Cooperation Grants

El Progreso Memorial Library (Uvalde)$63,866
Assist in creating a unified automation system for the libraries of Uvalde, Sabinal, and Utopia, allowing shared access via a common library card and countywide interlibrary loan.

Weslaco Public Library $59,995
Provide shared literacy resources, demonstrations of literacy software, and training for literacy providers in the Rio Grande Valley. Literacy resources will be located at the libraries in Weslaco, San Benito, and Mission.